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5ac082c88Sglass.Dd December 28, 1994
6ac082c88Sglass.Dt MOTD 5
7ac082c88Sglass.Os
8ac082c88Sglass.Sh NAME
9ac082c88Sglass.Nm motd
10ac082c88Sglass.Nd file containing message(s) of the day
11ac082c88Sglass.Sh DESCRIPTION
12ac082c88SglassThe file
13ac082c88Sglass.Pa /etc/motd
14ac082c88Sglassis normally displayed by
15*60d17d85Sglass.Xr login 1
16ac082c88Sglassafter a user has logged in but before the shell is run.
17ac082c88SglassIt is generally used for important system-wide announcements.
18ac082c88SglassDuring system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is
19ac082c88Sglassprepended to this file.
20ac082c88Sglass.Pp
21ac082c88SglassIndividual users may suppress the display of this file by
22ac082c88Sglasscreating a file named
23ac082c88Sglass.Dq Pa .hushlogin
24ac082c88Sglassin their home directories.
25ac082c88Sglass.Sh FILES
26ac082c88Sglass.Bl -tag -width /etc/motd -compact
27ac082c88Sglass.It Pa /etc/motd
28ac082c88Sglass.El
29ac082c88Sglass.Sh EXAMPLES
30ac082c88Sglass.Bd -literal
31ac082c88SglassNetBSD 1.0 (SUN_LAMP) #9: Sun Nov 20 22:47:57 PST 1994
32ac082c88Sglass
33ac082c88SglassMake sure you have a .forward file...
34ac082c88Sglass
35ac082c88Sglass4/17	Machine will be down for backups all day Saturday.
36ac082c88Sglass.Ed
37ac082c88Sglass.Sh SEE ALSO
38ac082c88Sglass.Xr login 1
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